Minor histocompatibility antigens (mHags) HA-1 and HA-2 are encoded by biallelic loci, with immunogenic variants, HA-1H and HA-2V, which induce strong HLA-A2-restricted alloreactive T-cell responses, and nonimmunogenic counterparts, HA-1R and HA-2M, which represent functional null alleles that are poorly presented by HLA class I molecules. HA-1 and HA-2 are potential targets of selective graft-versus-leukemia and graft-versus-tumor reactivity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); however, these applications are restricted to a limited number of patients. Here, we show that a far more frequent application of HA-1 and HA-2 disparity relies on their use as markers for the state of host chimerism after allogeneic HSCT. We have determined allelic frequencies of 29.3% and 70.7% for HA-1H and HA-1R, respectively, and of 83.7% and 16.3% for HA-2V and HA-2M, respectively, in >200 healthy individuals from northern Italy. Similar frequencies were observed in nearly 100 patients affected by hematologic malignancies or solid tumors, thus showing that HA-1 and HA-2 variability are not associated with the presence of cancer. On the basis of these data, we predict that HA-1 and HA-2 can be used in 32.8% and 23.5% of Italian transplant patients, respectively, as markers for the state of host chimerism, whereas exploitation of disparity for these mHags for targeted immunotherapy will be possible in 10.7% and 1.1% of Italian patients, respectively. Retrospective HA-2 typing of bone marrow aspirates obtained from a patient during complete remission or recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia after haploidentical HSCT showed the feasibility of using HA-2 as a surrogate marker for disease monitoring. Because of an apparent north-south gradient for HA-1 allelic frequencies, with higher frequencies for the HA-1H variant reported in white populations from Southern Europe as compared with Northern Europe and North America, the diagnostic applicability of HA-1 disparity will be slightly more frequent in transplant patients from the north. Taken together, our data show that determination of HA-1 and HA-2 variability can be an important parameter for the selection of allogeneic stem cell donors, in particular for patients affected by hematologic malignancies without a tumor-specific molecular marker. © 2006 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Di Terlizzi, S., Zino, E., Mazzi, B., Magnani, C., Tresoldi, C., Perna, S., et al. (2006). Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 and HA-2 disparities in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A survey of different populations. BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, 12(1), 95-101 [10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.09.017].

Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 and HA-2 disparities in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A survey of different populations

MAGNANI, CHIARA FRANCESCA;
2006

Abstract

Minor histocompatibility antigens (mHags) HA-1 and HA-2 are encoded by biallelic loci, with immunogenic variants, HA-1H and HA-2V, which induce strong HLA-A2-restricted alloreactive T-cell responses, and nonimmunogenic counterparts, HA-1R and HA-2M, which represent functional null alleles that are poorly presented by HLA class I molecules. HA-1 and HA-2 are potential targets of selective graft-versus-leukemia and graft-versus-tumor reactivity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); however, these applications are restricted to a limited number of patients. Here, we show that a far more frequent application of HA-1 and HA-2 disparity relies on their use as markers for the state of host chimerism after allogeneic HSCT. We have determined allelic frequencies of 29.3% and 70.7% for HA-1H and HA-1R, respectively, and of 83.7% and 16.3% for HA-2V and HA-2M, respectively, in >200 healthy individuals from northern Italy. Similar frequencies were observed in nearly 100 patients affected by hematologic malignancies or solid tumors, thus showing that HA-1 and HA-2 variability are not associated with the presence of cancer. On the basis of these data, we predict that HA-1 and HA-2 can be used in 32.8% and 23.5% of Italian transplant patients, respectively, as markers for the state of host chimerism, whereas exploitation of disparity for these mHags for targeted immunotherapy will be possible in 10.7% and 1.1% of Italian patients, respectively. Retrospective HA-2 typing of bone marrow aspirates obtained from a patient during complete remission or recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia after haploidentical HSCT showed the feasibility of using HA-2 as a surrogate marker for disease monitoring. Because of an apparent north-south gradient for HA-1 allelic frequencies, with higher frequencies for the HA-1H variant reported in white populations from Southern Europe as compared with Northern Europe and North America, the diagnostic applicability of HA-1 disparity will be slightly more frequent in transplant patients from the north. Taken together, our data show that determination of HA-1 and HA-2 variability can be an important parameter for the selection of allogeneic stem cell donors, in particular for patients affected by hematologic malignancies without a tumor-specific molecular marker. © 2006 American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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Graft-versus-leukemia activity; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Host chimerism; Minimal residual disease; Minor histocompatibility antigens HA-1 and HA-2; Population study; Biomarkers; Gene Frequency; Hematologic Neoplasms; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; Histocompatibility Testing; Humans; Italy; Leukemia, Myeloid; Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; Molecular Epidemiology; Neoplasm Proteins; Oligopeptides; Transplantation, Homologous; Tissue Donors; Transplantation Chimera; Transplantation
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2006
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95
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Di Terlizzi, S., Zino, E., Mazzi, B., Magnani, C., Tresoldi, C., Perna, S., et al. (2006). Therapeutic and diagnostic applications of minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 and HA-2 disparities in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A survey of different populations. BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, 12(1), 95-101 [10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.09.017].
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